Why Some Children Become More Successful Than Others

In life, there are winners and losers. There are children who grow up as more successful adults thank other children in their generation, They become street-smart. They manage work and finances well. They grow up and mature as excellent parents who also raise successful children. I believe that all parents would want their children to become winners in the real world.

What are some things that parents of successful children have in common?

1. Social skills. Parents who have good social skills are able to impart or pass on to their children good social skills. Kindergartens who share, cooperate, and are helpful are more likely to have a college degree, according to research. They are also the ones who get and maintain jobs 20 years later. Kids who get along well are less likely to have substance abuse problems and problems with the law.

2. Goal-setting parents. Parents who have goals for their children are more likely to mold, craft, and tailor their child’s future. They are visionaries who saw their child’s future and they manage their child to reach the goal. Income, material assets, and economic status have nothing to do with this observation. Studies point to ‘strong role parents’ who program their child’s future.

3. The value of work. Parents who expose their child to the value of work and duty are more likely to have a winner in the future. Harvard Business School research on working mothers found out that children with working moms grow up to earn more that what their peers make. They are likely to become bosses or leaders in an organization. Sons of working mothers also become good spouses. They tend to do household chores and childcare.

4. Higher socio-economic status. Parents who have higher economic status raise children who realize their maximum potential. On the other hand, growing up in poverty limits a child’s potential. The higher the income, the higher the achievement (because they can afford tutors and develop skills like arts and music and sports.)

5. Parents with college degree. Children raised by parents with college degrees were much likely to assist and send their children to college to earn their degrees, according to Bowling Green University, U.K. study.

6. Other observations: Parents, who are not stressed out or are patient with their children, tend to raise patient and understanding children as well. Parents who are responsive, sensitive, and consistent in the care of their young make their children winners in the future; and Encouraging parents who inculcate the importance of learning from a mistake raise street-smart children who are tough, focused, and goal-oriented.